My painting Bridging the Gap focuses on what I consider the main contribution toward […]
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Aviation History Book Review: Vintage Flyers II
Vintage Flyers II by Eric Presten, Prewar Publications,Vineburg, Calif., 2005, $84.95. Every once in […]
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Aviation History Book Review: They Sailed the Skies
They Sailed the Skies by J. Gordon Vaeth, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2005, […]
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Aviation History Book Review: Gossamer Odyssey
Gossamer Odyssey: The Triumph of Human-Powered Flight by Morton Grosser, Zenith Press, St. Paul, […]
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A Detailed View of Japan’s Mistakes at Midway
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway, by Jonathan Parshall and […]
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Six Million Miles in the Air
In his lengthy career as barnstormer, military pilot and path-finding entrepreneur, Basil Rowe was […]
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America’s Quest for a Long-Range Bomber
As far back as 1920, the fledging Air Service branch of the U.S. Army […]
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The Rise of the Superbombers
The U.S. military was convinced in 1941 that an intercontinental bomber was desperately needed.
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Build Your Own: Nakajima Ki.84
In the closing days of World War II in the Pacific, it was not […]
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Last Deadly Gale from Japan
The Nakajima Ki.84 was the Japanese army’s best fighter of World War II—and could have been even better with more trained pilots and a higher grade of fuel.